Best Ic`s between Amp-Preamp or Source-Preamp ?

Shoot!! I thought your question was unnecessarily complex. :)

Audio Teknes are easily the smoothest, most detailed, and ultimately the most musical ics I've yet encountered.

Then I took a gamble and had extra sets double-cryo-treated by Cryo-Nebraska. After a few more days of burn-in they regained all of their previous characteristics, except now they offered perhaps (an arbitrary) 25% more clarity. Extremely detailed.

When new and immediately after cryoing they will sound like relatively cheap silver ics (the ATs are a copper litz) but give 'em a 100 hours of play time.

Only next time please try to keep your questions brief. It almost felt as though I was reading a short story.

-IMO

Hi Olimpico,

Between the source and preamp.

Enjoy,
Tom

I misunderstood your question. (the hazards of 2 am postings).

In my experience and the experience of a few friends the ic between source and pre is always far more influential (critical?) than the ic from pre to amp.

-IMO